Friday, February 24, 2012

Late Breaking News

A few more software updates came out Thursday night. Run Software Update or consult <http://support.apple.com/downloads/> to see if your system wants one of these.


MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.4

This update fixes several issues to improve the stability of MacBook Air (Mid 2011) computers and is recommended for all users.

February 23, 2012 - 4.06 MB


iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.9

This update fixes several issues to improve the stability of iMac (Early 2011) computers and is recommended for all users.

February 23, 2012 - 3.77 MB


MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.7

This update fixes several issues to improve the stability of MacBook Pro (Early 2011) and MacBook Pro (Late 2011) computers and is recommended for all users.

February 23, 2012 - 4.24 MB


Mac mini EFI Firmware Update 1.6

This update fixes several issues to improve the stability of Mac mini (Mid 2011) computers and is recommended for all users.

February 23, 2012 - 4.0.8 MB


iMac Wi-Fi Update v1.0

This update resolves an issue that may cause an iMac to not automatically connect to a known Wi-Fi network after waking from sleep.

February 24, 2012 - 25.81 MB


Thursday, February 23, 2012

Outline of February 23, 2012 NCC-Mac Meeting

Announcements

If you're a new attendee, please give us your email address so you'll be able to get meeting announcements. If you're a former Verizon email user, please give us your new address.

Some of Apple's software updated since our last meeting

Run Software Update or visit Apple - Support - Downloads

AirPort Utility 5.6 for Mac OS X Lion

Resolves an issue with using network passwords stored in the Keychain.

January 30, 2012 - 13.10 MB

AirPort Utility 6.0 for Mac OS X Lion

Use AirPort Utility to set up and manage your Wi-Fi network and AirPort base stations, including

AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and Time Capsule.

January 30, 2012 - 14.13 MB

AirPort Base Station and Time Capsule Firmware Update 7.6.1

This update is for all 802.11n AirPort Express, 802.11n AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule models.

January 30, 2012

Security Update 2012-001 (Snow Leopard)

Security Update 2012-001 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X.

February 01, 2012 - 192.73 MB

Apple Remote Desktop 3.5.2 Client

The 3.5.2 update is recommended for all Apple Remote Desktop clients and addresses issues

related to Screen Sharing.

February 01, 2012 - 3.75 MB

OS X Lion Update 10.7.3 (Client Combo)

The 10.7.3 update is recommended for all OS X Lion users and includes general operating system

fixes that improve the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac.

February 01, 2012 - 1.26 GB

MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.6

This update enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on MacBook Pro (Early 2010)

models.

February 07, 2012 - 3.18 MB

iMac EFI Update 1.8

This update enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on iMac (Mid 2010) models.

February 07, 2012 - 3.02 MB

MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.3

This update enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on MacBook Air (Late 2010)

models and addresses an issue where the system could restart if the power button is pressed

immediately after waking from deep sleep.

February 07, 2012 - 2.98 MB

Lanier Printer Drivers v2.2 for Mac OS X

This download includes the latest printing and scanning software for OS X Lion and Mac OS X

v10.6.

February 15, 2012 - 29.87 MB

Infotec Printer Drivers v2.2 for Mac OS X

This download includes the latest printing and scanning software for OS X Lion and Mac OS X

v10.6.

February 15, 2012 - 27.22 MB

Ricoh Printer Drivers v2.2 for Mac OS X

This download includes the latest printing and scanning software for OS X Lion and Mac OS X

v10.6.

February 15, 2012 - 33.63 MB

NRG Printer Drivers v2.2 for Mac OS X

This download includes the latest printing and scanning software for OS X Lion and Mac OS X

v10.6.

February 15, 2012 - 29.12 MB

InfoPrint Printer Drivers v2.2 for Mac OS X

This download includes the latest printing and scanning software for OS X Lion and Mac OS X

v10.6.

February 15, 2012 - 16.82 MB

Gestetner Printer Drivers v2.2 for Mac OS X

This download includes the latest printing and scanning software for OS X Lion and Mac OS X

v10.6.

February 15, 2012 - 28.43 MB

Samsung Printer Drivers v2.3 for Mac OS X

This download includes the latest Samsung printing and scanning software for OS X Lion and Mac

OS vX 10.6.

February 15, 2012 - 27.59 MB

Canon Printer Drivers v2.8 for OS X

This download includes the latest printing and scanning software for OS X Lion and Mac OS X

v10.6.

February 15, 2012 - 328.37 MB

OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" coming out late Summer

The next meeting will be held Thursday, March 29, 2012, 4:30 PM at the Langlois Library.

(subject to confirmation)

Melody Assistant

Originally presented at theMUGWUMPs in 2007

Gmail in Leopard+

Making sure Gmail is working properly

With your browser of choice, login to mail.google.com—mail to make sure your Gmail account

works.

There may be one or two little "gear" icons in the upper-right part of the webpage. The lower one

should be labeled "Settings" when you hover your pointer over it. Click it and select "Settings" from

the popup menu. A new page will load.

Click the tab "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" near the top-center of the page.

In the "POP Download:" area, make sure POP is enabled.

For later versions of Mac OS X, you may wish to enable IMAP, but for Leopard. keep it disabled foe now.

Quit your browser.

Launch Mail.app

Under Mail>Preferences…>Accounts delete your Gmail account. Quit/Relaunch Mail.app.

If you have no other email accounts in Mail, you should be presented with the Add Account pane.

Otherwise go back to Mail>Preferences…> Accounts and click the "+" button at the bottom of the

Accounts column.

As soon as you enter your Gmail address, Mail knows how to set the account up. Enter your Gmail

password

Sending pictures

In Mail.app, look under Edit>Attachments and ensure that "Always Send Windows-Friendly

Attachments" is checked.

When you create a new message, you should be able to drag pictures into the message area.

If you have several attachments, you might be better off Zip'ing them together, and then drag the Zip file to the message area.

Q&A, General Discussion


Sunday, February 19, 2012

NCC-Mac February 2012 Meeting Reminder

The next meeting of the North Curry County Macintosh Users is Thursday, February 23, 4:30 PM at the Langlois Library.

This month's theme is "A Blast from the Past." We were cleaning out old CDs and DVDs and found a goofy Keynote presentation that Martha made in 2006 and, wait for it…

…the software demo that finally killed off the Macintosh User Group of the Western Umpqua (theMUGWUMPs). You surely won't want to miss that.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Outline of January 26, 2012 NCC-Mac Meeting

Announcements

If you're a new attendee, please give us your email address so you'll be able to get meeting announcements. If you're a former Verizon email user, please give us your new address.

Some of Apple's software updated since we last met

Run Software Update or visit Apple - Support - Downloads

Brother Printer Drivers 2.8.1

This update installs the latest Brother printing and scanning software for OS X Lion and Mac OS vX

10.6.

January 17, 2012 - 149.61 MB

iTunes 10.5.3

iTunes 10.5.3 allows you to sync interactive iBooks textbooks to your iPad. These Multi-Touch

textbooks are available for purchase from the iTunes Store on your Mac or from the iBookstore

included with iBooks 2 on your iPad.

January 19, 2012 - 102.15 MB (Mac) 66.11 MB (Win 32) 67.98 MB (Win 64)

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) EFI Firmware Update 2.5

This update enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid

2010) models.

January 23, 2012 - 3.1 MB

Mac mini (Mid 2010) EFI Firmware Update 1.5

This update enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on Mac mini (Mid 2010) models

January 23, 2012 - 3 MB

MacBook (Mid 2010) EFI Firmware Update 2.1

This update enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on MacBook (Mid 2010) models.

January 23, 2012 - 3.1 MB

December 2011

Keynote 5.1.1

Aperture 3.2.2

Logic Pro 9.1.6

Thunderbolt Display Firmware Update

Logic Express 9.1.6

Lexmark Printer Driver 2.7

November 2011

HP Printer Drivers v.2.8 OS X

Epson Printer Drivers v2.9 OS X

Java for OS X Lion Update 1

Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 6

Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.9

MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.5

AirPort Base Station and Time Capsule Firmware Update 7.6

MacBook Pro Video Update 1.0 (Snow Leopard)

Thunderbolt Software Update 1.1 (Snow Leopard)

Safari 5.1.2

The next meeting will be held Thursday, February 23, 2012, 4:30 PM at the Langlois Library.

(subject to confirmation)

Google+, Q&A, General Discussion


Sunday, January 22, 2012

NCC-Mac January 2012 Meeting Reminder

Happy New Year everyone! The next meeting of the North Curry County Macintosh Users is Thursday, January 26, 4:30 PM at the Langlois Library.

Google+ is very slowly picking up steam as a social networking alternative to "You Know Who." Bring your MacBook or mobile device of choice to the meeting and we'll go exploring what Google+ has to offer.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Saturday, December 31, 2011

NCC-Mac December 2011 Non-Meeting

There was no NCC-Mac meeting for the month of December 2011. The next meeting is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, January 26, 2012, 4:30 PM at the Langlois Library. Happy New Year!


Here is a list of some of Apple’s software that was updated during the month of December. I copied these from <http://support.apple.com/downloads/>, which is a good place to go once in a while, but setting up Software Update to automatically check for updates is a good idea as well.


Keynote 5.1.1

This update addresses issues when working with large Keynote presentations on OS X Lion. It also includes improvements in stability and accessibility for Keynote.

December 01, 2011 - 29.94 MB


Aperture 3.2.2

This update resolves an issue that could prevent auto-imported Photo Stream images from being displayed in the library after your Photo Stream hits 1,000 images.

December 08, 2011 - 635.72 MB


Logic Pro 9.1.6

This update improves overall stability and addresses some minor issues.

December 08, 2011 - 195.34 MB


Thunderbolt Display Firmware Update

This update addresses a fan noise issue affecting a small number of Apple Thunderbolt Displays.

December 12, 2011 - 942 KB


iTunes 10.5.2

iTunes 10.5.2 includes several improvements for iTunes Match and fixes an audio distortion problem when playing or importing certain CDs.

December 12, 2011 - 102 MB (Mac) 66.13 MB (Win 32) 68.01 MB (Win 64)


Brother Printer Drivers 2.8

This update installs the latest Brother printing and scanning software for OS X Lion and Mac OS vX 10.6.

December 13, 2011 - 149.61 MB


Logic Express 9.1.6

This update improves overall stability and addresses some minor issues.

December 13, 2011 - 140.58 MB


Lexmark Printer Driver 2.7

This download includes the latest Lexmark printing and scanning software for OS X Lion and Mac OS X v10.6.

December 13, 2011 - 182. 93 MB